While I was overjoyed to see Obama talk to America like we were actual thinking, feeling adults capable of perceiving and recognizing reality (as opposed to screaming, threatening, mocking, spewing hate - this is known as foreshadowing, BTW) … … the really compelling thing that happened last night was the …

606jvic1/28/14 9:17:28 pmre: #526 austin_blue I've tried making similar comments to my fellow conservatives, with similar results. From time to time I quote Ben Franklin's remark that at some point a people deteriorates to the point at which despotic government is the ...

413BeenHereAwhile2/13/13 12:25:53 pmre: #251 Political Atheist During the Miami riots, the Miami PD started a lot of the fires which burned out businesses in the riot area, by throwing tear gas grenades into the buildings. How do I know this? Because I ...

521sffilk2/13/13 6:01:24 amI don't watch the State of the Union address anymore. Haven't for years. Why? Because no matter what the president says (on either side), Congress is going to follow its own agenda and the good ideas, if any, that the ...

292Robur2/12/13 7:03:11 amre: #87 darthstar darthstar..Yes I do see what your saying,I used to blog on NewsVine and they expect everyone to act as if their at a church social so the reality of actual conversation gets muddled at times. I realize ...

382Buck1/26/12 6:09:53 pmre: #380 Obdicut I am pointing it out as you are doing it. You started to make this personal by saying "What is wrong with you?" I maintain that anyone should be able to have a discussion on a topic ...

453Wozza Matter?1/25/12 6:35:35 amre: #452 wozzablog "Unfortunately" because there is still organised religion in this day and age, it's not something I'm a fan of at all in general terms but while it exists people are free to practice as they wish within ...

221Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)1/26/11 9:30:57 amre: #220 schnapp Why not? Do you see that the first sentence there begins with "It is often claimed"? No, see, this is what you should be trying to prove, not what you should be using as an assumption. You ...

761arf3/03/09 8:36:51 amI understand the concept of not living near a volcano. Thing is, St. Helens went up and Portland got covered in ash. That's what, fifty, a hundred miles, not sure off the top of my head. A long way. If ...

787pupdawg2/26/09 6:53:43 amre: #710 Bobibutu Unfortunately it is when quotas, set-asides and affirmative action are institutionalized. If you didn't catch any of the recent footage of Alan Colmes interviewing William Ayers, Ayers responded to one of Colmes questions about the additional 17,000 ...

397SpartanWoman2/25/09 10:16:33 pmre: #179 Jetpilot1101 I so agree, I'd much rather have the country go down the tubes with Obama than have someone with dicey views on "creation" lead us out of an economic and geopolitical quagmire.